Sean McVay's best Christmas gift ever was a pair of 'cheap' receiver gloves

Sean McVay is just 31 years old, so he’s not long removed from the days of being a kid waking up on Christmas morning and ripping wrapping paper off the presents under the tree. With the holiday just around the corner, McVay was asked about the best Christmas gift he’s ever received Tuesday.

Not surprisingly, it had to do with football, which was a huge part of his life growing up. It was a pair of receiver gloves his dad gave him which he wore when he played catch with his father.

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“I’ll never forget when I was a little kid, I wanted receiver gloves. I was a huge Jerry Rice fan growing up and those receiver gloves – goes to show you that I really don’t have a life,” McVay said, laughing. “But that was something that I do remember. I wanted those receiver gloves bad when I was a little kid.”

McVay played quarterback in high school and college, but he got the gloves before those days. So while he didn’t wear them in a game, he did sport them whenever he and his dad played catch.

McVay said he still has the gloves, but they aren’t the type anyone wears in the NFL today.

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“They weren’t very good,” McVay said. “Now that I see these Nikes and stuff like that. I don’t want to throw anybody under the bus, but they were some cheap gloves my dad got me for Christmas.”

There’s no doubt McVay loved those gloves – enough to keep them all these years later – but he’d probably like nothing more than to see the Rams knock off the Titans on Christmas Eve, clinching an NFC West crown.

“I think you know what would be a good Christmas gift for everybody is if we’re able to come away with a win and that would be a special thing for this team and for a lot of our players,” he said.

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